Memoria Technica
2002. This is a unique altered book by Lisa Kokin,and signed by her. She is a noted book artist who also creates art with sewing and alterations, as well as with button work and assemblage. She also is known for acting as a mentor and coach to people in the arts. The book is both evocative and mysterious. Lisa describes the book "Memoria Technica, defined by Webster's as an artificial aid to the memory; a mnemonic aid. I paired random sewn images taken from an old dictionary with abraded photos that in some intuitive way seemed to go with the images. I also used some text from a very old Spanish book. That's really the basis for the book. An intuitive pairing of old found photos with sewn imagery. Kind of random, like memory seems to be. Not linear or necessarily rational." This work incorporates a variety of materials and techniques. It is structured as an accordion book. There are claimed vintage photographs, designs and images made by stitchery, random snippets from an old book in Spanish and more. The covers are green and cream book board with the title stitched on the front cover and an old photograph of an anonymous woman affixed. Black thread is used to bind the covers. A yellow gilt ribbon with a bow wraps around the covers. Housed in a brown cloth covered box with patterned papers and stitching on the cover of the box. An inventive work in fine condition. The book measures 7.5 x 7.5 inches closed. It can be unfurled to about 50 inches. The box is 11 x 11.25 x 2.5 inches Unpaginated. ARTB/032624. More